Defendant gets 11 years in prison for robbing man at gunpoint

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Apr 9, 2018 at 3:50 PMApr 9, 2018 at 9:42 PM

A Hendersonville man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for attempting to rob a man for $25,000 at gunpoint last year.

Michael Angram, of 93 Harris St., Hendersonville, was convicted by a Henderson County jury last week of robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery, District Attorney Greg Newman announced today in a news release.

Angram, a former high school football standout at East Henderson who holds the area's career rushing mark with 6,792 yards, is one of three people charged with robbing Marvin Price of Hendersonville last May.

Angram was voted the Times-News Football Player of the Year his sophomore, junior and senior seasons at East. The 2006 East High graduate was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Marvin Pope of Buncombe County to a prison term of 11 years. He will be eligible for parole after serving 8 years.

On May 11, Price went to his local bank and made a cash withdrawal of $25,000. When he arrived home, Price was attacked from behind and was forced to the ground at gunpoint.

The man, later identified as Angram, wanted the $25,000 Price had withdrawn. Price hid the money under his leg in a bank envelope while on the ground while the defendant rummaged through Price’s car looking for the cash, according to the release.

A fingerprint was recovered from an envelope in Price’s car and was a positive match to the defendant, Newman says in the release.

Price gave the defendant his wallet and the defendant fled on foot without the cash. Price ran inside his home, locked the doors and called 911.

The information given to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office by Price led detectives to question the bank tellers.

When the suspect was identified by the fingerprint as Angram, an immediate connection was made to another suspect working at the bank, the release states.

One of the bank tellers, Christina Leigh Robinson, was dating the defendant’s brother, Samuel Nathaniel Angram. The investigation has resulted in the indictments of both the bank teller and her boyfriend, according to the release. Their trial is forthcoming.

Angram was arrested in Charlotte and questioned at the Sheriff’s Office. He admitted that his brother and the brother’s girlfriend at the bank provided the information about Price and his money, but he denied having a gun in his possession when he did the “snatch and grab” from Price.

Angram changed his story multiple times, but never admitted to having Price restrained on the ground at gunpoint, the release states.

“At trial, Mr. Price told the jury that he believed he was going to die. He gave a description of the shirt color worn by the defendant and was able to describe the pistol pressed against his body while he lay face down on the ground,” Newman said in the release.“Mr. Price also said the defendant kept asking specifically for the $25,000. He gave Angram his wallet, which had his credit cards, driver’s license and $1,000 cash.

"Mr. Price was a great witness and we appreciate his courage throughout this entire process," Newman added. "What happened to him is very troubling when you consider that someone from inside the bank facilitated the robbery."

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Heather Brittain and Doug Mundy.

The next trial term in Superior Court for Henderson County begins May 14.

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